as in carriage
a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers
for their old-fashioned wedding, the couple arrived at the church in a Victorian-era equipage, complete with costumed driver
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Recent Examples of equipage
And the reality is that the airlines don’t have the equipage.
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Bypaige Hagy, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
The carriage house proper boasted a livery room and space for six large equipages.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2019
Today, Queen Elizabeth sat alone in an equipage; her husband Prince Philip did not attend after recently undergoing hip surgery.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 10 June 2018
Mercer’s influences are crystal clear in this work, which is dripping with drama and difficult equipage (the dancers literally toss heavy wooden chairs across the stage).
—Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
Bypaige Hagy, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
The carriage house proper boasted a livery room and space for six large equipages.
—John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2019
Today, Queen Elizabeth sat alone in an equipage; her husband Prince Philip did not attend after recently undergoing hip surgery.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 10 June 2018
Mercer’s influences are crystal clear in this work, which is dripping with drama and difficult equipage (the dancers literally toss heavy wooden chairs across the stage).
—Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equipage
Noun
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Disputes over carriage fees between station owners and pay-TV providers often result in blackouts and service interruptions to consumers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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In one of the musical’s many stomach-turning late developments, its resident rake, a bisexual playboy played by Claybourne Elder (doing better after his carriage accident), sets his sights on a 14-year-old girl who has slipped into the party from Poughkeepsie (Maya Rowe) and tries to rape her.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ancient Greeks wagered on the (occasionally rigged) early Olympic Games; Romans bet on chariot races and gladiatorial contests (also sometimes rigged).—
McKay Coppins,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
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After the rise of Christianity, the passages under the Hippodrome, a stadium once used for chariot races and gladiator fights, were repurposed as workshops for dyeing fabric and making pottery.—
Durrie Bouscaren,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Equipage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipage. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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